A Beginner's Guide to MySQLi

MySQL Improved Extension (MySQLi ) is a relational database driver used in the PHP scripting language to connect with MySQL databases. PHP has arguably been one of the best web development languages in the world for many years. PHP is used to create more than 80% of the world's websites. Combined with the MYSQLi database, it can provide you with the ideal website for your own business. This course aims to illustrate all required elements of MySQLi, from working with data to security.

It starts by outlining the benefits of MySQLi together with the prerequisites for working with it. First, you will discover how to use PHP to connect to a MySQL server with MySQLi. Next, you will learn how to create a database table. Also, you will explore fetching and getting results. You will investigate how to create SQL queries to obtain single and multiple records. Pulling records as an object will also be covered. We will also discuss several methods for determining the quantity of data returned by a query.

From there, you will understand how to update records and how to get a property showing us the affected rows amount. The final section will cover fundamental concepts such as security and recommended practices for using database data. It will focus on escaping content when inserting, using both manual and prepared statements. You will also learn how to free the memory associated with a result and close the database connection within MySQLi. So enrol now!